We must be young to do great things.
What reason would grope for in vain, spontaneous impulse ofttimes achieves at a stroke, with light and pleasureful guidance.
By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect.
The miller imagines that the corn grows only to make his mill turn.
A reasonable man needs only to practice moderation to find happiness.
Talent develops in quiet, alone; character is sharpened in the torrent of the world.